Quite interesting that my first newsletter will be titled show up and be consistent because I have really had to take my advice given the events that have preceded the first release of this newsletter.
So I created my account in 2020, that’s 2 years ago as a sort of written branch of my channel OJONE’S THOUGHTS, however, I didn’t follow through because I was overthinking like I do everything else. Basically, I didn’t want to have to share so much about whatever is going on in my life, I wondered if I needed to add my newsletter to the long list of ones that already existed and if mine would offer my readers anything new that they haven’t gotten from others, so many other thoughts that led me to not start up until now. Eventually, I have come to realize that all of my reasons were simply excuses. Excuses to not show up and excuses for being inconsistent. So my title is a reminder for me about the events that has led me to start publishing this newsletter and to you, my soon to be dear subscribers that if you really want achieve any goal, you have to give up excuses and show up regardless, do what needs to be done and be prepared so that when your big opportunity finally comes, you would have done the work and even if you don’t get it, it wouldn’t be because of something that is lacking from your end, whether in terms of experience or effort. Let me summarize with this tweet I came across some weeks ago.
So you might be wondering what motivated me to start this newsletter, or maybe not. Lol! It doesn’t matter because I will share anyways. 😁 There’s more but I’ll be sharing 3 events.
First, I had a talk about myself with a family member some weeks ago and it went in the line of what I want to do after service (been having a lot of this conversation with a lot people this past weeks)…………………………., our discussions led us to my writing and she asked me about what I write and things I have written and I said I had a medium account where I published articles then I was asked how often I did that and boom! I had to say with my own mouth that I was very inconsistent😭, it was a moment of self-reflection for me, not because I don’t self-reflect on my own, but because I had to score myself to someone else I hoped to impress on something I claim to love and I hear I am pretty good at but I didn’t have the receipts to show for it. Also that this was simply a result of me giving excuses for not showing up and sort of not being accountable to anyone about it. So yeah! You are going to be my accountability partner.
The second one and probably the most painful was that I applied for a writing fellowship in a genre that I love and I am absolutely sure I’d excel at, but then again, I didn’t have any receipts to show that I loved this genre or that I could write about it and so I was aired. 😩Lol! Not even a rejection mail. We move sha!🚶 It was awakening for me because I have a long list of topics I get ideas to write about and I had a couple of topics focused on that genre in my draft but I kept procrastinating till it eventually cost me a good platform.
My final and most recent trigger would be from a class in a course I have been taking for some weeks. Strangely, I cannot quite remember what exactly it was that the lecturer said, but I wrote in down during the class in my notes that I would publish my first newsletter that week and that I would be consistent with it henceforth. I couldn’t do that last week however, because of NEPA but here we are! Cheers to the first and many more to come.🥂
If you have read this far, thank you really. When I decided to start, I still asked myself if people will read but I decided that I’ll keep writing regardless. So I’d say welcome to my head. This newsletter is somewhat like my public diary that is not so much of a diary. It will come to you on some Wednesdays (not every) you can tag it your midweek gist from OJ.
If you liked or enjoyed reading this newsletter or if I am your friend or you simply like me😊, kindly subscribe and share for others to read. Thank you! ♥️
Yours Truly,
OJ.
I'm looking forward to seeing more of this from you every Wednesdays like you said
I see your potential,you're going to make a good writer .
Best of luck 🎉